No one in their right minds could call this a good film, but it's certainly unique.
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03/11/06
Running Scared (2006)
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Reviews Counted:126
Fresh:50
Rotten:76
Average Rating:4.5/10
Consensus: This film runs with frenetic energy punctuated by gratuitous violence but sorely lacks in plot, character development and stylistic flair.
Runtime: 2 hrs 2 mins
Genre: Action/Adventure
Synopsis: Not the 1986 Billy Crystal-Gregory Himes buddy cop movie of the same name, 2006's RUNNING SCARED is writer/director Wayne Kramer's (THE COOLER) take on the violent gangster crime genre. Paul Walker... [More]
Starring: Chazz Palminteri, Paul Walker, Cameron Bright, Ivana Milicevic
Director: Wayne Kramer
Reviews for Running Scared
Top CriticIf you've ever wanted to see Paul Walker get repeatedly smashed in the teeth with a hockey puck then this is the movie for you.
03/11/06
We haven't even mentioned the hockey puck torture scene, or the relentless ricochetting camerawork, or the multiple last minute switcheroos -- it's got more endings than Lord Of The Rings.
03/11/06
Top CriticClumsily overwritten, straining badly to be a complex thriller but only generating small moments of believability.
03/01/06
With audiences jaded by the usual sex and splatter, do the filmmakers have no qualms about juicing up proceedings with edgy but troubling material which clearly needs more conscientious handling? Apparently not.
06/24/06
Top CriticStylish, rollicking post-Tarantino trash which does the business at such a pace you barely notice its preposterousness.
04/01/06
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03/11/06
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03/11/06
It drags on and on and on and on...and on. We never thought we'd ever say this, but Paul Walker deserves better.
02/24/06
There's clearly supposed to be tension between Joey's good and bad sides. Sure, he's a mobster, but he's also a family man, which makes him... gray. (Not black and white = very sophisticated.)
02/24/06
Think of a Sopranos episode with no interesting characters and you have "Running Scared."
03/06/06
Appallingly gross, filled with forced profanity, and atrociously edited.
02/28/06
Style overpowers substance in 'Running Scared,' but Paul Walker surprised me with his intense performance.
03/04/06
Writer/director Wayne Kramer's approach to storytelling is to withhold any information that might give away the plot. The film is a string of violent confrontations between characters whose relationships to each other are unclear.
02/23/06
A flat-out atrocity of storytelling design that requires a thorough shower after viewing.
02/23/06
But even beyond its sleazy pandering and sensationalism, the film's worst transgression is its exploitation of young children.
02/24/06
As the movie becomes more howlingly ludicrous by the second, it's tempting -- and not in a cynical way, either -- to start reading it as a parody of pornographic video game violence.
02/24/06
Top CriticFor a moment, it appears as if Running Scared has developed into a different, better movie. But subsequent gratuitously violent scenes hint at a determination by Kramer to keep his film at low-grade exploitation level.
02/24/06
The only things more abundant than gunshot-riddled corpses are the ridiculous plot twists and the laughably bad lines of dialog...it's likely to be the most fun at a bad movie you'll have for a while.
02/24/06
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